Using this manual
Welcome to the PaperCut NG manual. This guide provides a wealth of information about how to set up and use PaperCut NG. This section provides details about how to use the manual.
Navigating the manual
You can navigate the manual in the following ways:
Top navigation bar
The top navigation bar provides a menu you can use to browse through the manual topics.
You can also access the PaperCut Software website from any topic within the manual by clicking the website icon in the left of the top navigation bar.
Home page buttons
The manual home page includes a series of icons that provide access to additional information, including links to online resources, popular manual topics, and a list of all topics in the manual.
Search
Use the Search to find content relating to a specific subject. For more information, see Searching for content.
Searching for content
The PaperCut NG manual allows you to perform advanced searching of content using the following methods:
Full-text Search (not case sensitive)
The PaperCut NG manual supports full-text search.
Retrieve a list of topics that match a text string. Search results include these matches:
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Case-insensitive Matches
Search is not case-sensitive. For example, a search for the word "mac" will find matches for "Mac" and "mac."
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Matches with Variant Endings
For example, a search for the word "print" will also find matches for words such as, "printer," "printing," and "prints". Since matches are not case-sensitive, the results include topics containing matches such as, "Printer," "Printing," and "Prints."
Partial word search
This search method is similar to simple text search, except it allows you to search for partial-word and number strings.
Enclose Terms in Quotes (" ")
Search for phrases by enclosing the search terms in quotation marks. This is useful when you want to restrict a search to locate terms that are in an exact order. For example, you might want to search for a phrase such as "Dog Friendly."
Boolean Operators
The table below details the supported variables and provides usage examples:
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Use to narrow the search and retrieve only the topics that contain all of the words it separates. Type AND between two or more terms. This is not case sensitive. Example:
Because the operator is not case sensitive, you can type cat AND dog AND parrot, cat And dog And parrot, or cat and dog and parrot Below are the results of a search for cat and dog and parrot.
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When separating terms with a blank space, the AND is always inferred. Example:
Because AND is inferred, here are the results of a search for cats dogs.
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Instead of the word AND, type the plus symbol (+). Example:
Below are the results of a search for cat + dog + parrot:
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| OR |
Instead of the word AND, type the ampersand symbol (&). Example:
Below are the results of a search for cat & dog & parrot:
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Use to search for two or more words. This broadens the search results by retrieving topics that contain any of the words it separates. Type or between two or more terms. This operator is not case sensitive. Example:
Because the operator is not case sensitive, you can search for cat OR dog OR parrot, cat Or dog Or parrot, cat or dog or parrot, or cat dog parrot. Below are the results of a search for cat or dog or parrot:
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Type the pipe symbol (|) instead of typing OR. Example:
You can search for dog | cat | parrot. |
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Use to find topics that contain one term but not the other. Type a term, followed by the carat symbol (^), and then type another term. Example:
To search for topics containing the word dog and not cat, search for dog ^ cat:
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( ) Use parentheses to combine boolean phrases and search terms. Type parentheses ( ) around the combined terms. Example:
To search for topics containing cat and either the term dog or puppy, search for cat and (dog or puppy):
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Search Results
When you search within the manual, a list of search results is displayed. These search results have the following features:
Results are listed in ranked order
Lists search results in ranked order.
Matching keywords are bolded in search results.
Narrow search scope using search filter sets
Narrow the scope of your search results to categories defined by a search filter set.
- If you open the manual directly from PaperCut NG, the Search will search only the manual content.
- If you open the manual from the PaperCut Software website, the Search will search the entire PaperCut Software website, including the website, the Knowledge Base, and the manual. You can then filter the search results by website, Knowledge Base, and manual.